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Friday, October 17, 2008

"I hold in my hand a paper with the names of communists on it..."

And so Joe McCarthy began his reign of terror in the 1950s. Flash forward to 2008, post-Civil Rights, post-Cold War, and we see Republicans painting those of us with progressive values in the same light. Perhaps Republicans want to live in a police state where dissent is punished with violence, but I don't. If you don't either, then please stop listening to the bullshit Republican platforms that can't talk issues, only hatred, fear, and fascism.

That's right. Fascism. Or, I'll let the editor of the Nation say it for me:

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